Platthibtg fob children



E. J. 'RENNEH.

PLAYTHING FOR CHILDREN.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.10.x9|9

1,303,392. Patented May 13, 1919'.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed January 10, 1919. Serial No. ttmdtll.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDWARD J. litnnnnn, a citizen of the United tltates, residing at Swissvale. in the county of Allegheny and titate of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Playthings for Children, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to childrens playthings, and has for an object the provision of a wheelbarrow body which may be removably attached to the well-known kiddie kar', whereby the latter may be converted into a toy wheelbarrow at will.

T will describe one foi'in of pla-ything embodying my invention. andwill then point out the novel. features thereof in claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing in side elevation one form of plaything embodying my invention, the wheelbarrow body being inplace on, and at tached to, the car. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line ll ll of Fig. 1., showing part of the means for holdin the wheelbarrow body in place on the platform of the car. Fig. 3

y is a sectional View on the line TIT-dill of Fig. 1, showing the remainder of the means for holding the wheel-barrow body in place on the car, and also showing means for holding the. steering post lined in position when the wheel-barrow body is on the car. llfig. at is a view on a larger scale than the preceding views and showing in more detail the hoo for attaching the wheelbarrow body to the steering" post of the car.

@imilar reference characters refer to siini lar parts in each of the views,

Referring first to Figs; 1, 2 and 3, the car comprises, as usual, a platform 1. [attached Y to this platform on its underside and near the rear end is a suitable block 2 in which the rear wheels 3, 3 are journalcd. Near its forward end the platform is provided with a hole through which passes the steering post l. The lower end of the steering post is bifurcated to receive the front wheel 5, and the upper end is provided with the usual laterally projecting handle bars 6. The part of this post above the platform 1 is preferably square. in cross section, as shown in Fig. 3, for a reason which will appear hereinafter.

The wheelbarrow body comprises a floor piece 7, two side pieces 8, 8, an end piece 9 and two handles l0, 10. The handles are attached to the underside of the door piece 7, and are so spaced that the platform 1 of the adapted to enter car may be passed in between them with a snug but sliding fit. When thewheelbarrow body rests on the platform of the car with the platform bet ween the handledthenthesc handles serve to prevent lateral movement of the body with respect to the car. Tn order to prevent the body from rising vertically from the platform, each handle is provided with a horizontal plate 11 extending; inwardly from the handle, so that these plates lie under the platform, as shown in Fig. 2 when the body is in place on the car.

When the combined device is to be used as a wheelbarrow, it is obvious that the steering post t must be prevented from turning, To accomplish this, the floor piece 7 of the wheelbarrow body is provided with two forwardly projecting ears 7, 7 which rest on oppositesides of the steering post and so loclt the latter in such position that the front wheel a is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the car.

To hold. the wheelbarrow body in proper longitudimil position on the car, means are provided for attaching, the body to some part of the car and preferably to the steermg post at. its here shtnvn, this flllEtl1'lSC0lllprises an ordinary hook 12 (see Fig. Tili) which is attached to the front end of one ear 'Z by a screw eye l3, and which is a similar screw eye ilin the front end of the other car "i lt will be seen that when this hook is in place no backward movement of the wheelbarrow body with respect to the car can occur.

llhcn it desired to remove the wheelbarrow body from the car, it only necessary to withdraw the hook 12 from its screw eye ill and slide the body backward with re-- spect to the car. Replacement of the body is accomplished by a. similar but reverse sequence of operations.

Although l have herein shown and do scribed only one form of plaything embody ing my invention, it is understood that various changes and n'ioditications may be made llti llltl there-in within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my what l claim is:

l. A plaything for children comprising a kiddie car, a toy wheelbarrow body, and means for ren'iovably. attaching, said wheclbarrow body to said can 2. A playthinp: for children comprising a kiddie car, a. toy wheelbarrow body, and

invention,

lllti iia means for removably attaching said body to the platform and to the steering post of said car.

-3. A plaything for children comprising 10 body with respect to the car, and means for preventing longitudinal movement of said body with respect to said car.

4. A plaything for children comprising a kiddie car having a steering post, the por- 15 tion of said-post which is above the platform of the car having two parallel flat sides, a wheelbarrow body, and two for- Wardly projecting ears on said bod arranged to coact with the flat sides 0 said postto hold the front wheel of the car parallel to the longitudinal axis of the car;

5. A plaything for children comprising a kiddie car, a toy wheelbarrow body, and means associated with said' body and coacting with the steering post of the car to hold the front wheel of the car parallel to the longitudinal axis of the car.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD J. RENNER.

Witnesses:

A. HERMAN WEGNER, E. P. CRTM. 

